Oil-can holder.



G. w. DUNHAM.

OIL GAN HOLDER. APPLICATION FILEDYDEO. 2, 1910.

1,01 1,594. Patentednec. 12, 1911.

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GEORGE W. DUNHAM, OR DETROIT,l MICHIGAN, AssIGNOR. To CIIALMERS MOTOR.COMPANY, OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OE MICHIGAN.

OIL-CAN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Application led December 2, 1910. Serial No. 595,253.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE W.`DUNHAM, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil- CanHolders, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.-

The invention has reference tol a holder.

for oil cans, especially designed for use in connection withautomobiles, and consists in modified construction.

In the drawings thus briefly described, the reference letter Arepresents the part of the automobile to which the holder is adapted tobe applied; B designates the base or supporting section of the holder,formed preferably with two oppositely-disposed depressed seat portions C'and D for the oil'cans, the depressions being of suflicient de th topermit ofthe use of screws, as a, or holding l the base to the part A ofthe vehicle;

Mounted centrally of the base intermedi- `ate the can seats i a retainerE for holding the cans, as F, upon the base. y In the present catingpart. The lower portion of the member I isl provided with an abutmentb,'the extremity of the upright L with a head 0,' while as ringNd isinterposed between the parts', an actsglormally to hold theretainerproper in a downward position-for the purpose of effecting the desiredengagement of the can bodies to prevent the removal therel '55 -As thusconstructed, it will be obvious of from the support.

sitions while the removal vand replacementv of the can are beingeffected.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form of retainer having a rockingconnection with the base, so as to allow the retainer to tilt in thedirection of either can. Constructed in this manner, cans of differentsize may be used and held properly to thebase or suport.

Vhat I claim as Inyinvention is,-

v1. In an oil can holder, the combination with a base havingcomplementary seats, of an upright secured to the base intermedi.- atesaid seats, a spring pressed retainer mounted on said upright and havingcan engaging arms extending outwardly toward the centers of said seats.

2. In an oil can holder, the combination with a base havingcomplementary seats, of a common retainer mounted on said baseintermediate said complementary seats' and .adapted for movementsubstantially in vertical and horizontal planes.

3. In a holder, the combination withl a base having spaced complementaryseats, of

an upright secured to said base intermediate V said seats, a springpressed retainer slidingly engaging said upright and having armsextending outwardly and adapted to retain the articles to be held insaid seats.

4. In a holder, the combination with a base having a plurality of seats,of an upright mounted thereon substantially intermediate the centers ofsaid seats, a shiftable spring-pressed retainer' slidinglyengaging saidupright and'having arms corres onding in number and extending outwar lyin 4operative relation to the several seats.

5. In an oil can holder, the combination with a base havingcomplementary can seats,- of a spring pressed. common retainer havingarms extending outwardly toward the cen-v4 ters of said can seats, and arocking connection between said retainer and base.

with a base having complementary can seats, tioned at its upper end.

6. In an oil can holder, the combination pressed member having a ngerlift posiof an upright pivoted to the base for rocking In test-imonwhereof I ax my signature movement intermediate said complementary inpresence o two Witnesses.

seats, a spring pressed member shdingly en- GEORGE W. DUNHAM.

gaging said upright and having can engag- Witnesses:

ing members extending outwardly in opera- JAMES I. BARRY,

tive relation to the can seats, said spring 1 ADELAIDE I` ADAMS.

